Category: 2020

Laurence Delina Authors Two New Papers on Southeast Asia Climate Policy

Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored two new papers on climate change and sustainable development policy in Southeast Asia. In the first paper, published in the journal Climatic Change, he explores the potential for future geoengineering research in Southeast Asia. […]

Postdoc Kira Sullivan-Wiley Gives Talk on Ecological Forecasting Initiative at AGU Fall Meeting

Kira Sullivan-Wiley, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently presented an overview of the Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) Social Science and Partners & Knowledge Transfer Working Groups. The presentation was recorded as part of a “Town Hall” for the virtual 2020 AGU Fall Meeting. Sullivan-Wiley serves as co-chair […]

Visiting Research Fellows Pablo Suarez and Janot Mendler de Suarez Participate in Understanding Risk Global Forum

Pablo Suarez and Janot Mendler de Suarez, Visiting Research Fellows at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, were recently featured speakers during several sessions of the 2020 Understanding Risk (UR) Global Forum. The biennial conference, organized by The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the National University of […]

Senior Postdoc Emily Klein Gives Talk on Sustainable Ocean Management Modeling at UMass Dartmouth

Emily Klein, a senior post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave a talk for UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science & Technology weekly seminar series. In her talk, Klein explained her research on sustainable ocean management for balancing ecological and human well-being goals. Specifically, she […]

Pardee Center Co-Hosts Webinar on the Future of Sustainable Development

On December 14, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) co-hosted a webinar titled “The Future of Sustainable Development in The World After Coronavirus.” The webinar, which served as the Plenary Dialogue of SDPI’s 23rd Sustainable Development Conference, built on one of the major […]

Faculty Research Fellow Heidi Peltier Participates in CODEPINK Webinar on the Costs of War

Heidi Peltier, a Research Professor at the BU Department of Political Science and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, recently participated in a webinar in which she was interviewed on military spending, employment, and contracting for CODEPINK, a grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars. In the conversation, facilitated by CODEPINK co-director Carley Towne, Prof. […]

Faculty Research Fellow Neta Crawford Authors Costs of War Paper on Rising Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan

Neta C. Crawford, Professor and Chair of the BU Department of Political Science and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, recently authored a new paper for The Costs of War project detailing the dramatic increase in civilian casualties in Afghanistan since the United States military relaxed its rules of engagement for airstrikes in the country […]

Ray and Fulweiler Co-Author Paper on Impacts of Oysters on Coastal Biogeochemistry

Former Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow Nicholas Ray and Faculty Research Fellow Prof. Robinson (Wally) Fulweiler co-authored a new paper exploring the impacts of oysters on coastal biogeochemistry. In the paper, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, the authors used a meta-analysis approach to assess how oyster reef restoration and oyster aquaculture development is changing coastal […]